Monday, August 25, 2008
Bank of America has nothing on Woori Bank!!!
So today I got a new perspective about the first day of school. If you don’t know the language stay at home! Wait till the second day when all the Korean literate students get straightened out then go and try to find out what’s going on. At 11:00 o’clock this morning was the opening ceremony which is the tradition on the first day of school here. To be honest, it was no different from the first day of chapel at OC. A couple of songs were sung, a couple of prayers, and the President, who no one really knows, gets up and gives a long speech. Well, at OC I actually like the President’s speech, but it’s kind of hard to appreciate it here since I don’t know the language. After the ceremony, I went to the cafeteria for the first time to eat. The food was ok, but I heard it gets worse.
Later that afternoon, Ronda and I went to the bank to open me a bank account. Unfortunately, I forgot my passport, which is a required document, in my dorm so I just grabbed the application and planned to come back. When I got back to the school I had to go get finger printed for the lock outside of the dorm. Our dorm has a lock mechanism that you have to put a code into then you have to let it scan your thumb. That way you have to be the person who that code was assigned to be able to open the door. It’s a pretty sweet machine. On my way back to Ronda’s office I stopped by the main office to get my schedule. I then stopped by Dr. Moon’s office for him to help me fill out my bank application. Dr. Moon is a bible professor here at KCU and he’s also Korean. But let me tell you why I like Dr. Moon so much. Dr. Moon spent 15 years in Memphis preaching and studying at Harding Graduate School. He came to Memphis in 1983, which means he was there I when I was born! Dr. Moon used to own a house right off of Kirby Pkwy which is close to my house now. He’s the most down to earth person I’ve met so far. We both just sit and talk about our favorite places in Memphis and where we like to eat. Dr. Moon took me to the bank to get everything set up. Earlier while filling out the application he asked me did I want online banking? I told him yes. Well when we figured out how difficult it was to set up he asked me again did I really want it. And again I told him yes. “Why do you want online banking so bad?” So I explained to him that a person like me who doesn’t balance checkbooks well can check their bank balance. “Is that the only reason? You don’t need online banking for that,” he said. At first I didn’t understand why not. But after I got my debit card and my check balance book I soon understood why. Korean ATMs balance your check book for you!!!! It’s the neatest thing I’ve ever seen. When you get your money out of the ATM you then stick your balance book in the machine and the machine prints off your balance on your book. You don’t have to write anything!! It’s the best bank ever! I mean what bank in America actually gives you a debit card on the same day you make the account?! Koreans are so tech savvy it’s ridiculous.
Later that afternoon, Ronda and I went to the bank to open me a bank account. Unfortunately, I forgot my passport, which is a required document, in my dorm so I just grabbed the application and planned to come back. When I got back to the school I had to go get finger printed for the lock outside of the dorm. Our dorm has a lock mechanism that you have to put a code into then you have to let it scan your thumb. That way you have to be the person who that code was assigned to be able to open the door. It’s a pretty sweet machine. On my way back to Ronda’s office I stopped by the main office to get my schedule. I then stopped by Dr. Moon’s office for him to help me fill out my bank application. Dr. Moon is a bible professor here at KCU and he’s also Korean. But let me tell you why I like Dr. Moon so much. Dr. Moon spent 15 years in Memphis preaching and studying at Harding Graduate School. He came to Memphis in 1983, which means he was there I when I was born! Dr. Moon used to own a house right off of Kirby Pkwy which is close to my house now. He’s the most down to earth person I’ve met so far. We both just sit and talk about our favorite places in Memphis and where we like to eat. Dr. Moon took me to the bank to get everything set up. Earlier while filling out the application he asked me did I want online banking? I told him yes. Well when we figured out how difficult it was to set up he asked me again did I really want it. And again I told him yes. “Why do you want online banking so bad?” So I explained to him that a person like me who doesn’t balance checkbooks well can check their bank balance. “Is that the only reason? You don’t need online banking for that,” he said. At first I didn’t understand why not. But after I got my debit card and my check balance book I soon understood why. Korean ATMs balance your check book for you!!!! It’s the neatest thing I’ve ever seen. When you get your money out of the ATM you then stick your balance book in the machine and the machine prints off your balance on your book. You don’t have to write anything!! It’s the best bank ever! I mean what bank in America actually gives you a debit card on the same day you make the account?! Koreans are so tech savvy it’s ridiculous.
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